DOCUMENT RESUME ED 441 397 IR 020 293 AUTHOR Tate, Lori S., Ed. TITLE Curriculum Snapshots: Picture Technology in Your Classroom! INSTITUTION SouthEast and Islands Regional Technology in Education Consortium, Greensboro, NC.; AEL, Inc., Charleston, WV. SPONS AGENCY Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC. PUB DATE 2000-00-00 NOTE 108p. CONTRACT R302A980001 AVAILABLE FROM AEL, P.O. Box 1348, Charleston, WV 25325-1248. Tel: 304-347-0400; Tel: 800-624-9120 (Toll Free); Fax: 304-347-0487; e-mail: [email protected]. For full text: http://www.ael.org. PUB TYPE Guides Non-Classroom (055) Reports Descriptive (141) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC05 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Class Activities; *Computer Assisted Instruction; *Computer Uses in Education; Educational Resources; Educational Technology; Elementary Secondary Education; Instructional Materials; Learning Activities; Teaching Methods IDENTIFIERS *Technology Integration ABSTRACT This bookie*: provides crlimpses inLo ti c: classrooms of real teachers at various stages of. technology integration. The "Snapshots" offered in this document illustrate appropriate and creative uses of technology at many grade levels and within different subject areas. The Curriculum Snapshots are organized by grade level (K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12). Each Snapshot indicates the focus of the activities (topic), grade, and source (contributing teacher), and includes a photo of the teacher or of students working on the topic. Following the activity suggestions presented for each topic, are useful software and hardware and supplementary content-related resources such as Web sites and videos. Sections at the end of the booklet describe both general software types and specific software and video programs, and list software publishers and producers.(AEF) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. 'T =- DIGITAL CAMERA D-400 ZOOM Picture Technology in your Classroom! U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION N NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) a This document has been reproduced as SEIRTECatOrLD received from the person or organization originating it. Minor changes have been made to improve reproduction quality. Points of view or opinions stated in this docu- ment do not necessarily represent official NIE Position or DOIICV. Picture Technology in your Classroom! SEIRTECat.4E[1 .3 AEL's mission is to link the knowledge from research with the wisdom from practice to improve teaching and learning. AEL serves as the Regional Educational Laboratory for Kentucky, Tennes- see, Virginia, and West Virginia. For these same four states, it operates both a Regional Technol- ogy in Education Consortium (SEIRTEC at AEL) and the Eisenhower Regional Consortium for Mathematics and Science Education. In addition, it serves as the Region IV Comprehensive Center and operates the ERIC Clearinghouse on Rural Education and Small Schools. AEL operates the Technology Consortium under a subcontract with the South East and Islands Regional Technology in Education Consortium (SEIRTEC)one of six regional technology consortia established by the U.S. Department of Education to accelerate school reform initiatives through the integration of advanced technologies into the instructional process. SEIRTEC at AEL provides technology-related assistance through awareness presentations, policy development and planning, staff development, and evaluation. Information about AEL projects, programs, and services is available by contacting AEL. Post Office Box 1348 Charleston, West Virginia 25325-1348 304-347-0400 800-624-9120 304-347-0487 (fax) [email protected] www.ael.org SE1RTEC at AEL Tammy M. McGraw, Director Research is funded by SEIRTEC (Southeast and Islands Regional Technology in Education Consortium) at AEL and based on work sponsored wholly or in part by the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI), U.S. Department of Education, under grant number R302A980001. Its contents do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of OERI, the Depart- ment, or any other agency of the United States government. An equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. ii 4 SEIR.TEC at AEL of cottlintg Preface and Acknowledgments VII Introduction Picture This VIII Grades K-2 Christopher Columbus 3 Exploring Birthdays 4 Life Cycle of the Butterfly 5 Life Processes of Plants & Animals 6 Positional Concepts 7 Welcome to School 8 Farms 9 Mittens 10 Preserving our Natural Resources 11 Star-Spangled Banner 12 Thanksgiving 13 The Food Pyramid. 14 Ancient China 15 Ancient Greece 16 Folktales 17 Letter Writing 18 Nocturnal Animals 19 What the "Buzz" is all About 20 Grades 3-5 Apples 23 Fairy Tales and Fables 24 Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece 25 Native Americans 26 Roman Empire 27 Space Exploration 28 SEIR.TEC at AEL iii Titanic 29 Animals and Their Habitats 30 Weather 31 Exploring the Solar System 32 Pictures of the Civil War 33 Revolutionary Era 34 Virginia Colony 35 Animal Kingdom 36 Native Americans of the Seventeenth Century 37 Explorers 38 Reading Portfolios 39 Westward Expansion 40 Grades 6-8 Characteristics of Electricity 43 Integers 44 Travel Around the World 45 Welcome to Middle School 46 What Made the Twenties Roar? 47 Serving Students with Special Needs 48 Civil Rights Movement 49 Classification of Living Things 50 Endangered Environments 51 World Geography 52 Local, State, and National Policy Making 53 Poetry 54 Peer Mediation 55 Circulatory and Respiratory Systems 56 Designs in Glass 57 Health and Wellness 58 Media Messages 59 Grades 9-12 Award Winning Childrens' Literature 63 Elements of Literature 64 Hydroponics 65 The Holocaust 66 Demographics 67 The Impact of Simple Organisms 68 Career Search 69 Cultural Diversity 70 Creative Writing-Imagery 71 The "Write" Stuff 72 Bridges of the USA 73 Modern Agriculture 74 Newspaper Publication 75 Spanish-Speaking Countries 76 Shutter Settings Software Types 79 Software & Video Descriptions 81 Software Publishers/Producers 105 iv SEIR.TEC at AEL P aced1*tg OCCon, I 1 wish to thank and acknowledge the many for creating the graphic design; Nancy Balow, .a./ individuals who assisted with this project: Stan Bumgardner, Carla McClure, and Marilyn Slack for copyediting and proofreading the text; Tammy McGraw for the concept and creation of Jeniffer McCoy for verifying Web sites and Curriculum Snapshots, Betty Blair for assistance providing assistance whenever and wherever with curriculum software, and John Ross for needed. creating the database. Special thanks go to Franklin County Public Schools The teachers of Franklin County Public Schools staff for their contribution to this project, especially for sharing ideas that eventually became Curricu- Marcie Altice and Cindy Spencer for their never- lum Snapshots. ending assistance. The U.S. Department of Education Technology A big thank you to the following for giving us Innovation Challenge Program for supporting the permission to use their software descriptions: professional development activities in Franklin County that were used as a catalyst for this Avid Technology, Inc. project. California Instructional Technology Clearing- house Olympus America Inc. for providing the camera Dole Food Company picture for the cover. Don Johnston Incorporated Forest Technologies Karen Busher, Virginia Seale, and Dan Shoe- The Center for Image Processing in Education maker for assistance with the initial writing Tom Snyder Productions process. Photography by Nichol's Studio of Photography, The AEL communications staff who helped to Rocky Mount, VA prepare this manuscript for publication: Carolyn Stock photos by PhotoDisc Education, Volume 24, Luzader for ushering it through revisions and Seattle, WA assisting with design and layout; Dawn Pau ley Lori S. Tate, Editor The Web addresses and software programs cited in this document are for the reader's ease of reference. They are not intended to be comprehensive; neither should their inclusion be interpreted as an endorsement of any corporation's products or services by SIERTEC at AEL. All Web addresses were active at the time of publication. SEIR.TEC at AEL 7- trodun k)ueg magine your in-box stuffed with educational that when students are engaged in cooperative software, Web site listings, and descriptions of learning activities that incorporate technology, they new technologies. Which would you rather do: (a) learn about both the subject matter and the computer read a manual that tells you how to incorporate these from one another. The use of technology enhances items into your teaching repertoire or (b) observe students' information literacytheir ability to teachers who are already doing it? If you selected b, recognize when information is needed and their Curriculum Snapshots is the guide for you. It allows knowledge of how to locate, evaluate, and use it busy teachers who want to integrate technology into effectively. This ability is vital to students' future their own classrooms to "visit" other classrooms for success in an information-based economy. Technol- ideas and inspiration. ogy can also connect students to other students, to the community, and to people and information from all The snapshots offered here are not intended to be . over the world. ready-made lesson plans. Neither are they portraits of isolated activities. They are glimpses into the Teachers engaged in this evolutionary process should classrooms of real teachers at various stages of not have to work alone. Professional development, technology integration. They illustrate